Olga Volchkova Russian/American, 1970
Saint Dogwood, 2025
Wood & acrylic
20" x 24"
$10,000
Dogwood flowers are glowing in the forest underbrush like floating angels. Native people treated them as communication lines to the spirit of the forest. I used this connection to ask...
Dogwood flowers are glowing in the forest underbrush like floating angels. Native people treated them as communication lines to the spirit of the forest. I used this connection to ask "why do we call this tree a 'dogwood'?" The answer came: the etymology is the old English word "dag" which is a cognate with "dagger" … because the wood is very strong, and was commonly used to make nails, pins, and knives.
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